Box 28

Re arrangements with New York Police Department and private detective T.J. Tunney, and chair rental. Includes November 25, 1935 letter to Police Department requesting permission to obtain four tear-gas guns.

Contains drafts of December 11, 1935 press releases. In addition to information about the opening, the press releases includes information on Henry Clay Frick's will, the Board of Trustees, the process of turning the residence into a museum, admission policies, the order in which rooms will be visited and the works in each, invitees to the opening, and a biographical sketch of Frederick Mortimer Clapp.

Contains press releases, a floor plan and photographs of works of art (11) and rooms in The Frick Collection (12). Some sets are incomplete. Oversize floor plans stored in Box C. Photographs transferred to The Frick Collection - Photographs; folder contains photocopies of photographs.

Re press placements.

Re special press viewings for press, requests for photographs to publish, and Collection thank you letters to press for the coverage.

Contains brief list of arrangements to make, Mr. Clapp's list of invitees, and correspondence related to press coverage.

See also Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company. Re cleaning and tuning; adding stops and changing console; adding new, four manual, supplementary console; and installing sound transmission apparatus.

Contains correspondence with Bludworth, Inc. re transmission of organ music from hall to Garden Court. See also Bludworth, Inc.

Otis Elevator Company

Contains schedule of paint colors for The Frick Collection. Subcontractor Joseph A. Reid, Inc.